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1

Hi

I am using tcsh.

I want display in a file_1 like this.

$VARIBALE

I gave in a termianl
> echo "\$VARIBALE" > file_1

Its not workning.
It was giving VARIBALE: Undefined variable.

I gave \ before $, but why it was giving undefined varible?

Please help me.

Thanks in advance

Chaitanya.

2

Use single quote

echo '$VARIABLE'

cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam

3

Hi,
I see a similar problem.
> set home_var MYHOME
> eval echo 'set path \($$home_var/bin \$path\)' > ~/hi.txt

The hi.txt has
set path (7030home_var/bin $path)

I need
set path ($MYHOME/bin $path)

Please help

Thank you

4

use this:

 eval echo 'set path \(\$$home_var/bin \$path\)'

cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam

5

Hi Devaraj,
It works.
Thank you for ur quick reply.